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The Google Pixel 8 Pro remains the large-screen Android smartphone we'd recommend to most people, and right now it's back on sale for $749 at Amazon, Best Buy and Google's online store. We've seen this deal before, but it matches the largest discount we've tracked for an unlocked model outside of trade-in or carrier-exclusive offers. The phone technically has a list price of $999, though it's ofte

The PlayStation VR2 headset is finally being liberated from the confines of the PlayStation 5. Sony now has a $60 adapter that lets your $550 VR headset work with any of their Steam-based VR games. But hold off from slamming the buy button just yet. There are a few tradeoffs for taking your VR2 to PC, some of which…

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• A Gen Xer became a stay-at-home dad in the mid-2000s after being laid off from his job. 
• After getting divorced a few years ago, he realized he'd eventually need to return to the workforce.
• But he's

Note: In 2022, several security researchers and VPN providers flagged ongoing vulnerabilities in Apple's iOS that were impacting the security of VPNs for iPhone. We're looking into the issue to find out if the bug has been resolved in iOS 17. In the meantime, we recommend that journalists, activists, and other users handling sensitive information steer clear of iPhone VPNs out of an abundance of

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said it was investigating a technical issue on Monday morning that caused roughly a dozen stocks, including Chipotle and GameStop, to experience volatility halts, according to Bloomberg. Berkshire Hathaway and the Bank of Montreal appeared to briefly trade at a 99% discount to their…

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AT&T, Verizon, iMessage, and Google News are just a few of the services people depend on everyday that have suffered massive outages. Could satellite connectivity be the answer?

Lego has been making Minecraft sets for years at this point, and of course, kids and adult fans of the crafting game megahit will have inevitably enjoyed all those sets. But it’s still interesting that it’s taken so long for Lego to bring the franchise to its 18+ range of pricier, collector-focused offerings... and…

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SAVE $40: Today, June 3, the Keurig K-Mini Single Serve Coffee Maker is on sale for $59.99, a 40% discount from its list price of $99.99.

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• The DOJ says releasing the Biden-Hur audio recordings is too risky.
• The feds are concerned that the recordings could spark a surge in Biden deepfakes.
• Republicans and conservative groups have demanded access to the audio; a transcript is already available.

The Department of Justice really doesn't want Biden to become the subject of another audio deepfake.

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Microsoft plans to invest $3.2bn (€2.9bn) to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in Sweden, marking the company’s biggest single investment in the Nordic nation. The initiative aims to help boost Sweden’s competitiveness in the burgeoning artificial intelligence sector. As part of this goal, Microsoft will deploy 20,000 of the most advanced GPUs — needed for AI training — to its three existing

STEVE, a strange ribbon of purple and green haze discovered by citizen scientists in 2016, just got even weirder. While looking through archival data, a team of scientists discovered that the aurora-like phenomenon has a secret twin moving in the opposite direction.

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